Action of 26 April 1797
The Action of 26 April 1797 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a Spanish convoy of two frigates was trapped and defeated off the Spanish town of Conil de la Frontera by British ships of the Cadiz blockade. The British vessels, the ship of the line HMS Irresistible and the Fifth-rate frigate HMS Emerald, were significantly more powerful than the Spanish frigates, which were on the last stage of a voyage carrying treasure from Havana, Cuba, to the Spanish fleet base of Cadiz.
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Action of 26 April 1797
The Action of 26 April 1797 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a Spanish convoy of two frigates was trapped and defeated off the Spanish town of Conil de la Frontera by British ships of the Cadiz blockade. The British vessels, the ship of the line HMS Irresistible and the Fifth-rate frigate HMS Emerald, were significantly more powerful than the Spanish frigates, which were on the last stage of a voyage carrying treasure from Havana, Cuba, to the Spanish fleet base of Cadiz.
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The Action of 26 April 1797 wa ...... d not fall into British hands.
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1 killed, 1 wounded
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1797-04-26
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British victory
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frigatesSanta ElenaandNinfa
ship of the lineHMS IrresistibleandfrigateHMS Emerald
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648,856,910
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Cadiz , with the site of the battle marked.
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The Action of 26 April 1797 wa ...... e Spanish fleet base of Cadiz.
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Action of 26 April 1797
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Action of 26 April 1797
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